Ruth Beauregard dropped in on page 5, paragraph 2, of Murder in the Meadow. She was supposed to hang around for two and a half pages, then pick up her suitcase and leave. Her job was to act as a pivot explaining to Katie Took what had happened in the ten years she'd been gone, and what had taken her grandmother's life. Ruth never left. People want to know more, so here you go. Meet Ruth, learn her secrets. 46 pages.